University of Tennessee Athletics
LADY VOL GOLFERS FINISH FOURTH AT ARIZONA WILDCAT
February 26, 2003 | Women's Golf
Feb. 26, 2003
TUCSON, Ariz.
The #11 University of Tennessee Lady Vol golf squad closed the door on the 2003 Arizona Wildcat Invitational in fourth place with an 897 (307-295-295) to finish behind tournament titlist #8 Pepperdine (294-292-290=876), second-place #6 Southern California (308-286-296=890) and third-place Arizona State (290-305-300=895). Overall, the Big Orange knocked off four ranked teams (#1 Arizona, #3 Vanderbilt, #9 Washington and #14 UCLA), three of which are currently rated above UT in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index Ratings. Individually, Arizona's Erica Blasberg held off a furious third-round attack by USC's Mikaela Parmlid, who fired a five-under 66, to capture the Arizona Wildcat medal with a 210 (69-73-68).
Freshman Violeta Retamoza (Aguascalientes, Mexico) carded the third-lowest third round in program history with a three-under 68 to finish with a fifth-place 218 (78-72-68). Retamoza stormed back from a first-day 42nd-place tie to notch her third career top-5 placing. Team captain Jessica Shepley (Oakville, Ontario, Canada) captured her sixth-consecutive top-15 finish with a 15th-place tying 223 (77-73-73). Shepley now stands four tournaments shy of former Lady Vol Abby Pearson's program standard set in her initial 10 tournaments.
Freshman Golda Johansson (Lund, Sweden) posted a 24th-place 226 (74-76-76), while junior Tai Perry (Unionville, Pa.) carded a 55th-place tying 236 (78-75-83) and classmate Mary Jan Fernandez (Henderson, Nev.) shot a 237 (84-75-78) to finish in a 57th-place tie. UT continues its spring season March 9-11 in Gainesville, Fla., at the Lady Gator Invitational.
Arizona Wildcat Invitational
At Arizona National Golf Club (Tucson, Ariz.)
| Team Scores: | ||
| 1. | Pepperdine | 294-292-290=876 |
| 2. | Southern California | 308-286-296=890 |
| 3. | Arizona State | 290-305-300=895 |
| 4. | TENNESSEE | 307-295-295=897 |
| 5. | Stanford | 315-293-294=902 |
| 6. | Vanderbilt | 297-307-304=908 |
| Washington | 310-306-292=908 | |
| 8. | UCLA | 299-305-305=909 |
| 9. | Arizona | 297-315-300=912 |
| 10. | New Mexico State | 307-302-305=914 |
| 11. | UNLV | 317-304-312=933 |
| Arkansas | 314-307-312=933 | |
| 13. | Brigham Young | 317-310-310=937 |
| 14. | Colorado State | 313-314-321=948 |
| 15. | San Jose State | 314-321-323=958 |
| 16. | Northern Arizona | 327-325-316=968 |
| 17. | Colorado | 325-319-325=969 |
| 18. | Southern Methodist | 320-327-328=975 |
| Top Scorer: | ||
| 1. | Erica Blasberg, Arizona | 69-73-68=210 |
| UT Scores: | ||
| 5. | Violeta Retamoza | 78-72-68=218 |
| T15. | Jessica Shepley | 77-73-73=223 |
| 24. | Golda Johansson | 74-76-76=226 |
| T55. | Tai Perry | 78-75-83=236 |
| T57. | Mary Jan Fernandez | 84-75-78=237 |
